Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 235
ions that Byzantine justiceinflicted on the condemned. The uncompromising 208 MEDIAEVAL ART realism of Assyria would have found no savor in theimages of the books of prayer, and the kings of Ninevehwould not have comprehended the revolutions fomentedin the hippodrome and the changes of… … Rome. A repast, fresco. (Catacombs.) cuirassed with gold; it would not have tolerated thecontinual retreating of law before imperial caprice orthe intrigues of the eunuchs. However, under thefermentation of the vices, the orgy of the games, thecries of the massacres, and the convulsive…
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